Tuesday, November 24, 2015

How to link your BVN with your account

The Central
Bank of Nigeria has mandated all bank customers to get a Bank Verification
Number (BVN) for smoother banking experience in the country. Failing to get
aBVN has grave consequences.

Here's a compilation of how to link your BVN number to your bank
accounts.

GTBank
Option 1:

Visit any
GTBank ATM and follow these steps:
– Insert your GTBank card in ATM and input your four digit PIN
– Select “BVN Linking” option
– Enter your 11-digit BVN number and select “Proceed”
– The ATM will display the BVN number and request you to validate
– Once the BVN number is validated as correct, select “Proceed”
– Insert your PIN to validate and submit

Option 2:

If you have
internet access GTBank BVN portal would enable customers provide
their BVN for linking to their existing GTBank account.To link
your BVN, kindly do the following:-
Go to http://www.gtbank.com/bvnlinking
– Input your GTBank NUBAN
– Select a Bank where your BVN was issued
– Input the BVN number obtained from another Bank, then click on
submit

First Bank
Option 1:

If you have
internet access
Go to https://bvn.firstbanknigeria.com/form/
Fill the form and submit

Option 2:

Text BVN#account
number#BVNCode to 08076664444 e.g BVN#1010101010#22147733260
Wait for few minutes, you would receive a text message stating
your BVN has been successfully submitted for processing.

Standard Chartered Bank
Simply send Name, Account Number, Local Government Area (LGA), Sate of Origin
and BVN, via any of the following options:
24-Hour Contact Center: call +234 1 270 4611-4
Online Banking: log on to your Online Banking and send a mail by clicking on
the “Contact us” button
Send a mail to Callcentre.Nigeria@sc.com